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Pakpak people or Batak Pakpak or Pakpak DAIRI are one of the ethnic groups found mainly in North Sumatra, Indonesia.They are scattered in a few regencies and cities in North Sumatra and Aceh, such as Dairi Regency, Pakpak Bharat Regency, Humbang Hasundutan Regency and Central Tapanuli Regency of North Sumatra, and also in Aceh Singkil Regency and Subulussalam, Aceh.
The various Batak cultures differ in their pre-colonial religious ideas as they do in many other aspects of culture. Information about the old religious ideas of the Mandailing and Angkola in southern Batakland is incomplete, and very little is known about the religion of the Pakpak and Simalungun Batak.
A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. [ 1 ] Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols .
Langkat Malay is mainly spoken in Langkat Regency, located in the northernmost part of North Sumatra, as well as in the city of Binjai. [13] The language is primarily spoken in areas with a significant Malay population, particularly in coastal regions such as Stabat and, most notably, Tanjung Pura, which serves as both the cultural center of the Malay people in Langkat and the royal seat of ...
The Dalai Lama now sees Bon as the fifth Tibetan religion and has given Bonpos representation on the Council of Religious Affairs at Dharamsala. [ 57 ] However, Tibetans still differentiate between Bon and Buddhism, referring to members of the Nyingma, Shakya, Kagyu and Gelug schools as nangpa , meaning "insiders", but to practitioners of Bon ...
A jabu - Toba Batak house. Batak architecture refers to the related architectural traditions and designs of the various Batak peoples of North Sumatra, Indonesia.Six groups of Batak speak separate but related languages: the Angkola, the Mandailing to the south, the Toba, to the north the Pakpak/Dairi, the Simalungun, and the Karo.
The Cao Đài faith (Vietnamese: Đạo Cao Đài "Way of the Highest Power") is an organised monotheistic Vietnamese folk religion formally established in the city of Tây Ninh in southern Vietnam in 1926. [24] [2] The full name of the religion is Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ ("Great Way [of the] Third Time [of] Redemption"). [24]
Lung ta prayer flags hang along a mountain path in Nepal. Close-up of a Lung ta ("Wind Horse") prayer flag, Ladakh, India A Tibetan prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas.